Douglas Fredrikson Architects is a small firm specializing in golf course clubhouses and other hospitality related projects.

No activity is more critical to a club's future than having and following its own Strategic Plan. Nothing of a major nature should be done at a club, be it bylaw, governance, facility or operational in nature unless it promotes the achievement of the club's mission (its purpose).

McMahon Group approaches comprehensive strategic planning from the Board and member perspectives by utilizing input from members and management team in the planning process with our principal consultants. With our principals having been Club Presidents, Board members, committee members and operators of clubs; no one brings the level of comprehensible knowledge to strategic planning as does William McMahon, Sr. and Frank Vain.

McMahon Group is a strong believer in realistic and practical strategic planning for private clubs as they face the new economic realities of a very value-conscious society. This type of intuitive planning requires good initial research and a broad understanding of club life. It requires more expertise than management search firms provide. It requires an all-encompassing expertise that only comes from belonging to and governing one's own clubs.

Comprehensive strategic planning for each club is essentially understanding where a club is today and where it must go tomorrow, so it can be led to maximum success.

McMahon's Experience

Having served over 1,300 private clubs of every conceivable type and with McMahon's principal consultants have served their own city, country, yacht and athletic clubs; McMahon Group knows what makes clubs successful. McMahon's Strategic Plans are effective and achieve results. In today's challenging environment, value enhancement, high-quality services/facilities, marketing for members and increasing members' usage require the expertise that only McMahon provides.

If we can assist your club with its strategic planning or to schedule a First Impressions visit, please contact Alison McMahon Duffy at aduffy@mcmahongroup.com or 1.800.365.2498.

Established in 1899, Chambers has been providing architecture, interior design and planning services to the private club industry for more than 60 years.

Clubessential provides private, interactive websites that enable members to register for events, schedule tee times and communicate very easily with the club.

Clubwise offers strategic planning, membership surveys and master planning/design development services to the private club community.

MembersFirst is the premier provider of website design/development/hosting, search engine marketing and member communication management services to the private club market.

Designers and manufacturers of custom golf shop display fixtures. We work closely with the golf shop personnel to effectively maximize the pro shop display area to increase sales of all merchandise.

McMahon Group provides in-depth analysis of golfing conditions, costs and budgets for golf courses/practice facilities/turf maintenance facilities. Our on-staff, certified golf course superintendent and turf care center specialist has the background and understanding to identify and understand course conditions and recommends solutions to challenges.

Budgeting Analysis/Cost Savings Expertise

With the financial stress now being put on private clubs to lower operating costs, we work with a club's superintendent to provide reviews of annual course budgets, second opinion input on course budgets and capital expenditure analysis.

Golf course asset reserve studies, course condition analysis, recommendations on course improvements, cost options and zero based budgeting are golf services McMahon Group offers. We offer a "Basic Golf Course Conditioning Visit" over a day to your club to provide an initial course and budget report for a reasonable $4,000 fee plus travel costs.

If we can assist you or you would like to schedule a visit, please contact Alison McMahon Duffy at aduffy@mcmahongroup.com or 1.800.365.2498.

McMahon's principals have a comprehensive understanding of every aspect of clubs from governance, operations, membership, finances and finally to facilities.

McMahon Group serves the private club industry with the most experienced principals having served over 1,300 clubs by providing a full range of consulting services on every aspect of club life as follows:

• Insightful Strategic Planning creating successful clubs.
• In-depth Membership Survey Research/Ask the Members™ quality assurance programming.
• Governance effectiveness.
• Management effectiveness.
• Facility Planning and Existing Condition Studies for improvements.
• Club Mergers and Associations feasibility.
• Golf Course Conditioning Analysis and annual budget analysis.
• Membership Development activity for retention and attraction of members.

"At McMahon Group we not only successfully identify private club problems, we have the expertise to help you solve them."

With years of experience as club members, Board members, Club Presidents, and club owner/operators; our principal consultants bring a world of experience to each club they serve.

If we can assist your club with club consulting or to schedule a First Impressions visit, please contact Alison McMahon Duffy at aduffy@mcmahongroup.com or 1.800.365.2498.

The biggest approval obstacle for any Facility Improvement Project is how to approach the funding. This is where McMahon Group excels.

McMahon Group has developed significant expertise in financing club capital Improvement Programs based on the firm's involvement in directing over 800 clubhouse and golf course programs for all types of clubs.

McMahon Group utilizes membership survey and focus group research to identify funding limits based on varied club and membership characteristics. Special funding programs with various payment options and banking requirements are recommended based on the individual circumstance at each club.

Financing club improvements is the biggest challenge for any project unless the club has the funds on-hand. McMahon Group has the best insight on how to raise funds; be this from bank loans, swaps, credit enhancements, membership bond issues or refundable assessment programs. Knowing how to properly size a member payment plan is half the battle in winning memberships' support.

To get additional information or to set-up a First Impressions visit for your club, contact Alison McMahon Duffy at aduffy@mcmahongroup.com or 1.800.365.2498.

McMahon's Club Trends™ is a quarterly publication developed by the team at McMahon Group. Club Trends™ provides in-depth research and analysis of major issues facing private clubs today. The publication provides assistance to club Managers and Board members in their efforts to understand trends in society and marketplace conditions.

Each issue focuses on specific topics that are affecting clubs today. Past issues have studied Membership Retention, Membership Attraction, Club Communications, The Changing Role of Golf and the Importance of Good Dining. Our current edition explores the importance of having high quality facilities and how that translates to club success.

Annual subscriptions are available for $950 and you receive:

• 4 editions
• Copies of each edition for every current Board member
• Access to Bill McMahon, Sr. & Frank Vain on any questions you may have

If you are interested in subscribing to Club Trends™, please go to www.mcmahongroup.com, or contact Martha McMahon Acker at martha@mcmahongroup.com or 1.800.365.2498.

Individual editions are also available.

Full Service Foodservice Design firm. All designers have been executive chefs in the club industry. We provide services to all areas of the US and Canada. Independent consultant.

Providing custom web applications for your business.

Manifest Interactive develops custom web applications. We specialize in Web Usability, Interface Design, PHP/MySQL and Flash. Our staff is dedicated to creating a product that will meet your needs and exceed your expectations.

Donate and receive items within your neighborhood and keep useful products out of landfills.

Whatever the circumstances, we all have things that may be perfectly usable but that we just don't need or want anymore. It can be anything from barely-worn clothing from a fast-growing toddler to a half-full gallon of leftover paint from a house project.

Gigoit is a completely free resource for people to give their unwanted but usable items to neighbors in their communities who can use them. It's a win-win situation!

Addison Law Firm provides comprehensive legal representation to the golf, club and resort industries, with over 75 years combined experiences in these industries.

Peterson Architecture & Associates, Inc (PAA) is a full service architectural firm that specializes in the process of creating dynamic architecture that is inspired by the site and unique to each client.

Architectural Design Group, Inc., is a creative team of highly-qualified professionals thoroughly versed in all facets of club and leisure design.

BRB is a full service architectural firm with offices in NY and CT, specializing in golf and country club master planning, building architecture and interior design.

CSCM is an association of professional General Managers, Managers and Assistant Managers of country, golf, yacht, city, and recreational clubs in Canada.

ClubTec provides the private club and public golf course industries with technology solutions and services.

Keypad operated electronic locker locks for both shared and/or assigned use lockers. All locks are ADA compliant.

For over four decades, hundreds of the nation's most prestigious golf, country and city clubs have relied on Ferry, Hayes & Allen for club planning and interior design.

Advises clubs on governance, privacy, capital restructuring, tax exemption, equity, conversions and bylaw revisions.

We are an architecture firm specializing in traditional and contemporary design. We strive to exceed our clients expectations in every aspect of the development process.

Leading manufacturer of plastic laminate and wood locker systems and benches. Leading manufacturer of racquetball and squash court systems to include flooring, lights, glass, accessories and much more.